CO129-531-11 Hong Kong University- general and financial points 14-9-1931 - 8-11-1931 — Page 20

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By means of its local examinations which are

held annually at Shanghai, Canton and Hankow.

By the Association of Hongkong University Gradu-

ates which links together the past students in

China.

By the scholarships which have been established

for students in Yunnan, Canton, Hankow and Pekin.

By the President of China scholarships which also

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helped up to 1925 to strengthen the bonds be-

tween the University and China proper.

A further close link with China now exists by the

appointment of Sir William Hornell, the Vice Chancellor of

the University, to a seat on the Board which administers

the Boxer Indemnity Fund in China from Nanking." #

American & British 3. One object (as I have said) of the University was to

uphold British education ideals as contrasted with those of

America a subject on which Sir Michael Sadler can I think

speak with special knowledge

and to save British influ-

ence and commerce from being wholly replaced by the U.S.A.

On this subject Professor Forster writes:-

"The domination of American cultural standards in China

has been stimulated:-

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By the existence of numerous American schools of

higher learning:-

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The Pekin University.

Pekin Union Medical College.

Chung Hwa, (Pekin).

Yale in China (Changsha)

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Bo one University (Hankow

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Ginling College (Nanking).

Foochow University (Foochow). Lingnan University (Canton).

St. John's University (Shanghai).

The se Institutions supported by numerous American

schools have given a strong bias towards American ideals and

encouraged the flow of students towards U.S.A.

Chinese students have been drawn towards U.S.A. also

because that country is nearer and therefore cheaper to

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